The number of cross-border travelers going from Canada to the US dropped by nearly 900,000 in March compared to the same month last year. 4,105,516 travelers crossed the US northern border in March of this year, down from 4,970,360 people who did the same in 2024 " a roughly 17% decline that is largely driven by Dotard Trumpf's trade war, 51st state taunts, and Canada-bashing. Canadian visitors spent $20.5 billion stateside last year, supporting an estimated 140,000 jobs. read more
President Donald Trump issued a broadside against Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell in an ongoing dispute over interest rates ... read more
The Food and Drug Administration indicated in February that it had closed the investigation without publicly detailing what had happened -- or which companies were responsible for growing and processing the contaminated lettuce. read more
The U.S. Supreme court Thursday deferred any ruling on President Trump's claim that there is no automatic guarantee to birthright citizenship in the Constitution. The court said it would hear arguments in the case on May 15, with a decision likely by late June or early July. read more
President Donald Trump's social media company is marketing "America First" accounts that would allow him to personally benefit from the tariffs that have been roiling the stock market and lopping value off the dollar. read more
In less than 100 days, and despite Republican control of all three branches of government, Donald Trump has careened through constitutional barriers at an astonishing pace ... read more
A Maryland senator tried to visit his wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador read more
Hundreds of thousands Cubans risk deportation as Trump moves to end protections afforded them by previous administrations.
A virus needs its host: The Republican Party has provided the platform, the protection, and the power that allowed Trump's assault on democracy to flourish ... read more
Donald Trump's administration is accusing New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage fraud, and has made a criminal referral to the the justice department seeking federal prosecution. read more
"I'm oftentimes very anxious myself about using my voice because retaliation is real. And that's not right," the Alaska Republican senator said this week. read more
Tallahassee police spokesperson Alicia Turner advised the campus community to continue following the orders of FSU officials, who told students at 12:45 p.m. to continue to shelter in place. read more
Alphabet's Google illegally dominated two markets for online advertising technology, a federal judge said on Thursday, dealing another blow to the tech titan in an antitrust case brought by the U.S. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.
[U.S. attorney for D.C. Ed] Martin is now interim U.S. attorney for D.C. and Trump's pick to serve full time in the role. But as a conservative activist and former Missouri Republican official, he appeared more than 150 times on RT and Sputnik ... read more
Opinion from The Guardian. There are some spectacles of US decadence and decline that almost seem too on the nose -- the sort of orgies of vulgar provocation or fantastic lack of self-awareness that exceed the limits of parody, so that if they were in a novel, you'd think the writer was laying it on a little thick. Among these is the all-female flight by Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-owned rocket tourism company ... read more
When Desoto Regional Health System took out $36 million in loans last year to renovate a rural hospital that opened in 1952, officials were banking on its main funding source remaining stable: Medicaid, the joint federal-state health program for low-income people and the disabled. read more
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